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To be fair, Mozilla had a long history of easter eggs. So do other things that you'd want to take seriously (Tesla and Google for example). Easter eggs are a

To be fair, Mozilla had a long history of easter eggs. So do other things that you'd want to take seriously (Tesla and Google for example). Easter eggs are a part of software culture whether you like it or not. > How can we trust you guys to do the right thing from now on? The same way you can continue to trust the GNU/Linux system which contains easter eggs.

theclaw 9y ago
This is an advertisement in the form of an easter egg, that’s not common and not OK
jodrellblank 9y ago
Oh the same way I can trust Canonical to include advertisements in Ubuntu? ( https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2221490/eff-urges-canonical-to-make-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-optional https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2221490/eff-urges-... ) Easter-eggs, to me, means something like "press a key combination, get a list of developers" or "go through the levels in a fast time, unlock a secret level" or "on march 14th there's a message about Pi day". It doesn't mean "if you change xyz settings, we'll sell some control to your system to a third party for our profit".
Endy 9y ago
> The same way you can continue to trust the GNU/Linux system which contains easter eggs. By which you mean, not at all, I assume.
syshum 9y ago
>>To be fair, Mozilla had a long history of easter eggs. This is not an easter Egg, I wish people would stop calling it that. This is a Paid Advertisement, injected with out my permission into my software. AKA Malware or Adware. Companies pay thousands of dollars a year to prevent that type of software from being loaded on their system. Firefox DOES NOT have a long history of being a distributor or malware or adware... Easter Eggs are funny things that Dev put into code that make people chuckle but have no impact on the actual software To call this a "Easter egg" is naive and ignorant. This is a Paid Promotional Advertisement of a Large Commercial project not an Easter egg

theclaw 9y ago

This is an advertisement in the form of an easter egg, that’s not common and not OK

jodrellblank 9y ago

Oh the same way I can trust Canonical to include advertisements in Ubuntu? ( https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2221490/eff-urges-canonical-to-make-ubuntu-1210-amazon-ads-optional https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2221490/eff-urges-... ) Easter-eggs, to me, means something like "press a key combination, get a list of developers" or "go through the levels in a fast time, unlock a secret level" or "on march 14th there's a message about Pi day". It doesn't mean "if you change xyz settings, we'll sell some control to your system to a third party for our profit".

Endy 9y ago

> The same way you can continue to trust the GNU/Linux system which contains easter eggs. By which you mean, not at all, I assume.

syshum 9y ago

>>To be fair, Mozilla had a long history of easter eggs. This is not an easter Egg, I wish people would stop calling it that. This is a Paid Advertisement, injected with out my permission into my software. AKA Malware or Adware. Companies pay thousands of dollars a year to prevent that type of software from being loaded on their system. Firefox DOES NOT have a long history of being a distributor or malware or adware... Easter Eggs are funny things that Dev put into code that make people chuckle but have no impact on the actual software To call this a "Easter egg" is naive and ignorant. This is a Paid Promotional Advertisement of a Large Commercial project not an Easter egg